Under the Stars

17. Two colliding stars

Chapter 17: Two colliding stars

Mia's POV

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Theo and I spent days talking with each other after that. They were conversations full of nonsense and us being our crazy selves, and that was exactly why I got butterflies in my stomach just thinking about them. He made me laugh with his character like nobody else ever had, and he made me genuinely happy. Being with him turned one of the worst moments in my life into probably the best. 

Not once did he ever think that I was too childish or lame, and not once did he try to make me stop being the way I am like many people had before him. I found myself falling for the beautiful person he was, and I was falling so hard that I was scared of the day where I would not be caught. 

It was funny how only hearing his voice was enough to make me feel stronger, like his presence gave me a sort of unexplainable force. I had been thinking about it a lot, and after all that time spent together, I finally made up my mind. 

The twins' seventeenth birthday was luckily on a Thursday, which meant that I could get the chance to talk to the both of them, and give them each the present I had prepared. To say that I was nervous would have been an understatement, and I feared that my heart was going to burst by how fast it was beating. I had been planning their gift for days, and when the day finally came, I couldn't help but start having second thoughts on both of them. 

My heart nearly leapt out of my chest as Theo started calling me at the same time I had told him to. I knew that I couldn't go back on my decision, and so with all of my courage I prepared myself for what I was about to do. Taking a deep breath in, I answered the call and pressed my camera, allowing him to finally be able to see my face. 

I was petrified, mainly because I was not exactly the best looking person in the world. At the beginning of my friendship with Theo, I didn't want him to see how I looked like, and I didn't want to see how he did either. That was mainly because I wanted to see how our relationship would be like were he not to see my face. As time went on and as he started gaining my trust, the problem suddenly became me being self-conscious of myself. 

My past experiences with people traumatized me to say the least, and it made me grow into a person who did not like what they saw in front of the mirror. I didn't feel as pretty as other people, or as skinny, and I couldn't help but fear that if Theo were to see how I looked like, he wouldn't like me. 

After days and days of talking with him, however, I saw how genuine he was. He liked me for who I was, and I wanted to believe that he would like me regardless of how I looked like. It was already enough for me that he was able to see me for who I really was. I was serious about our relationship, and I wanted him to see that.

"Happy birthday, Lion," I said as soon as I answered, the nerves making me feel light headed. 

"I- wha- hi," he stuttered with a small cough, clearly having been caught by surprise. 

It always amazed me how much confidence talking to Theo gave me, and that was why I was able to take a deep breath in and forget my nerves momentarily, just so that I could answer him. 

"So, are you going to join me, or are you going to leave me alone with the camera on," I said with a small smirk, his reaction having given me the courage I needed. 

There was a moment of silence before his camera flashed on, allowing me to finally see his face in complete as my heart skipped a beat. The last time I had seen him he was at the beach bash kissing one of the girls from my school. All I could see of him that day was his brown hair, his face covered completely by his hand cupping the girl's cheek.